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Child bomber hits Nigerian city


A girl aged about 10 has carried out a su***de bombing in north-eastern Nigeria, killing at least 16 people, police say.
The attack took place near a crowded market in the city of Damaturu in Yobe state. About 50 people were wounded.
No group has said it was behind the attack but Islamists Boko Haram have been blamed for similar bombings in recent months.
Two female su***de bombers killed nine people in the city earlier in July.
Yobe police spokesman Toyin Gbadegesin said that the latest attack happened on Sunday morning.
He said the child detonated her explosives in a crowd of people being screened by security services before they were let into the market.
In the previous attack on 17 July, two female bombers - one also aged about 10 - killed people waiting to say prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid.
The army said the blasts targeted a venue where volunteers were waiting to screen worshippers.
Boko Haram has recently stepped up its campaign of violence after being pushed back by Nigerian forces backed by troops from several neighbouring countries.

Vaccine for Malaria gets international recommendation



GSK announced Friday that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive scientific opinion for its malaria candidate vaccine MosquirixTM, also known as RTS,S, in children aged 6 weeks to 17 months.
Following this decision, the World Health Organization (WHO) will now formulate a policy recommendation on use of the vaccine in national immunisation programmes once approved by national regulatory authorities.
RTS,S, which was developed in partnership with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), is the first candidate vaccine for the prevention of malaria to reach this milestone. While other vaccines tackle viruses or bacteria, RTS,S has been designed to prevent malaria caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, which is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In 2013, there were an estimated 584,000 deaths from malaria with around 90 percent of these occurring in SSA, and 83 percent in children under the age of five in SSA1.
The CHMP scientific opinion is a key step in the regulatory process toward making RTS,S available alongside existing tools currently recommended for malaria prevention. The positive opinion for young children was based on the review of data assessing the candidate vaccine’s safety, efficacy and quality. Clinical data submitted for CHMP assessment were mainly from a Phase III clinical trial programme involving more than 16,000 young children that was conducted by 13 African research centres in eight African countries (Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Tanzania).

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B.T BABA IS NEW MP FOR TALENSI

The national Democratic Congress candidate in the Talensi by-election, Mr Benson Tongo Baba, 67, a retired Deputy Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service has recaptures the Talensi seat for the party after he polled 10, 366 votes representing 42.31 percent in a keenly contested by-election yesterday.

STATE ATTORNEYS’ STRIKE CRIPPLES COURT PROCEEDINGS

Activities at the courts in Accra and other state institutions moved at a snail’s pace yesterday following the nationwide strike embarked upon by state attorneys.

GOVERNMENT SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH KNET TO COMMENCE WORK ON DTT MIGRATION

The Ministry of Communications has signed an agreement with KNET Limited, a Ghanaian-owned private firm, for the commencement of work on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) network.

NDC WINS TALENSI AFTER BLOODY ATTACKS

National Democratic Congress’s Benson Tongo Baba, popularly known as BT Baba, went away with victory in yesterday’s crucial by-election in the Talensi constituency of the Upper East Region beating seven other contestants, including New Patriotic Party’s Wuni Thomas Pearson Buanab.

2 AMANFROM ROBBERS GRABBED

Two suspected armed robbers who allegedly rapes three women in the presence of their husbands at Galilea, a suburb of Amanfrom in the Ga South Municipality after the Kasoa Toll booth have been arrested by the police.

SC ORDERS DNA TEST OF BOY, 10

The Supreme Court has ordered the mother of a 10-year-old boy to send the child for a DNA test. The move was to assist the apex court to ascertain the paternity of the boy, whose fatherhood had been embroiled in litigation.

DUMSOR WORSENS AS FPSO SHUTDOWN RENDERS 2 VRA PLANTS USELESS

The shutdown of Tullow’s compressor at the Floating, Pro-Offloading vessel (FPSO) Kwame Nkrumah has forced a complete shutdown of the FPSO, worsening the rolling power cuts, popularly called dumsor.

MDU GOES INTERNATIONAL TO STOP LONHRO PORT
The Maritime Dockworkers’ Union (MDU) is seeking international support in its continued opposition of government’s decision to grant an exclusive right to a private entity to develop and operate the Atuabo Port.

CEDI, ‘DUMSOR’ AFFECTING PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES

The instability of the Ghana cedi against foreign currencies like the dollar has, indeed, affected the cost of doing business in the country, especially the manufacturing industry.

CEDI AT 50 YET SINKING

As Ghanaian business owners lament over the fast pace of the depreciating cedi, the currency is set to hit its jubilee year later this month to mark its inception as a replacement to the British pound which occurred on July 19, 1965 at a rate of 2.4 cedis to a pound; or one pesewa to a penny.

MORE CHILDREN JOIN WASTE COLLECTION BUSINESS

The economic hardship in the country has resulted in parents who engage in the business of collecting ‘used pure water sachet’ to recruit their school going wards into the enterprise.

GAS SUPPLY TO JUBILEE HALTED

Tullow Ghana has announced that following an unplanned shutdown on the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, gas exports to the Ghana Gas onshore processing plant have been temporarily halted.

BOG TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT DEPOSITIONS

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has justified its decision to quadruple the minimum capital requirement of microfinance institutions and rural banks as one that will protect depositors’ funds and encourage consolidation among smaller players.

TELCOS GIVEN 6-MONTH ULTIMATUM

A new set of guidelines from the Central bank has given telecommunication companies engaged in the mobile money service up to six months to establish a separate business entity to handle their electronic money services.

Ghana News - Today’s Front Pages Wednesday July 08, 2015: Front page headlines of some major newspapers

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ECONOMY ON PATH TO RECOVERY - TERPKER

The Finance Minister, Seth Terpker, has expressed optimism that the country’s economy is heading for recovery.

THREE FINED Ȼ30,000 EACH FOR STEALING Ȼ623,000 FROM TOR

The High Court in Accra has convicted three persons for stealing Ȼ623,030 from the accounts of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) in 2007.

NEVER AGAIN! PRESIDENT RUES DUBIOUS JUDGEMENT DEBTS

The President, John Mahama, yesterday received the final report of the Sole Commissioner on Judgement Debt and assured the nation that never again would the government dole out dubious judgement debts.

MAHAMA STAFF BLOATS WITH ANYIDOHO, BATIDAM

The office of the president continues to employ more hands, despite the poor health of the economy. The staff strength had been raised from 678 in 2013 to 699 in 2014.

COURTS SHUT DOWN OVER STRIKE

The administration of justice in the country grounded to a halt yesterday as the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) commenced its intended nationwide strike.

NANA MEETS GERMAN CHANCELLOR

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo, last Tuesday met briefly with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Deutscher Bundestag (the German Parliament) in Berlin.

BOG BATTLES TO SAVE ECONOMY; INFLATION, ENERGY MAJOR CHALLENGES

High expectations of Ghana’s economic turnaround have been dampened what mangers of the economy say are persisting macroeconomic challenges.

CEDI, WORST AFRICAN CURRENCY

The depreciation of the Ghana cedi has not improved nor stopped despite the $114.8 million injection into the Ghanaian economy by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to shore up the local currency seven weeks ago.

YVONNE NELSON IS STILL MY FRIEND – OSCAR

Comedian, David Oscar, says despite his recent clash with actress, Yvonne Nelson, and other celebs over the vigil, they both remain good friends and their disagreement on social media will not affect the cordial relationship that exists between them.

GHANA MEETS NAIJA ON SATURDAY

On Saturday, Accra will come to a standstill when the biggest names in the music industry from Ghana and her West African neighbour, Nigeria, converge at the Accra International Conference Centre for the fifth edition of the Ghana meets Naija concert.

EAZZY PEOPLE I’M NOT USING S*X APPEAL

Hiplife artiste, Eazzy, has dismissed criticisms from the public that she has resorted to s*x appeal and provocative costumes in her music videos to promote her songs.

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Police to close some roads in Accra for ECOWAS summit Tuesday

The Police will close some major roads on Tuesday when ECOWAS leaders converge in Accra for the 47th Ordinary session.
In a statement issued by the Ghana Police service, it said the Liberation Road will be partitioned to allow traffic only at various times during the day.
The 47th ordinary session will discuss elections in member countries, security related matters and the handling of the Ebola crisis.
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The Police Service wishes to inform the general public that, owing to the ECOWAS Summit scheduled to take place in Accra tomorrow Tuesday, 19th May 2015, the following road traffic arrangement has been made for the Tuesday 19th May:
The Liberation Road from Accra towards Tetteh Quashie Interchange will be partitioned into two with traffic from Accra using the outer lane and the dignitaries taking the inner, from 6am to 2pm. After 2pm the arrangement will shift to the other lane from Opeibea House to AU Circle, with motorists plying the outer lane and dignitaries using the inner.
Traffic Police will be deployed at vantage points to assist road users. Meanwhile, the Police wishes to assure the public that adequate security arrangement has been made to ensure a successful summit. The public is also entreated to co-operate with the Police for the success of the event.
In case of emergency the Police can be reached on MTN and Vodafone Shortcode 18555 or 191 on all Networks.

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Akosombo Dam To Remain Operational

The Akosombo Dam will not be shut down in spite of the accute reduction in water levels. This is according to the Volta River Authority (VRA).
The water level as at yesterday stood at 239.94 feet just below the required minimum operating level of 240 feet.
There has been fears the continues drop in water level could force a shutdown of the dam and further worsening the current crisis.
The Akosombo dam currently sheds some 500 megawatts of power.
In an interview with Joy News, Deputy Engineer in charge of operations at the VRA Richard Badger allayed fears the dam will be shutdown.
He said thermal complements run the hydro dam during periods where the water levels are low.
This according to him is done regularly to ensure that the water in the dam does not run out completely and prevents a total shut down.
In a related development, commercial production of electricity at the Kpone thermal plant is expected to begin in August.
This will be preceded by a series of test of various components of the plant.
The plant at full production is expected to add about 200 megawatts of power to the national grid.

Petroleum products likely to go up by 9%
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Date: 16th-may-2015 Time: 11:56:09 pm
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Prices of some petroleum products are likely to go up by 9 percent effective May 17 2015.
If the price review is finally implemented by National Petroleum Authority on May 17 then, petrol will be selling at 3 Ghana cedis 33 pesewas per litre up from the current price of 3 Ghana Cedis 5 pesewas.
Diesel will also be selling at 3 Ghana cedis 24 pesewas up from the old price of 2 Ghana cedis 97 pesewas per litre.
A kilogram of LPG is expected to be sold at 2 Ghana cedis 88 pesewas from the old price of 2 Ghana cedis 64 pesewas.
MGO Local is also expected to go up from 2 Ghana cedis 71 pesewas to 2 Ghana cedis 96 pesewas.
Unified petroleum and kerosene for mining firms are expected to go up by 4 per cent. However premix fuel and RFO will not see any price adjustments.

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Date: 15-05-2015 Time: 06:05:43:am
DRIVER CONFESSES KILLING 2 EXPATS; 5 OTHERS CHARGED
One of the six persons undergoing committal proceedings at the Accra Magistrate Court in connection with the murder of two African American women at Akwamufie in the Eastern Region yesterday told the court that he had single-handedly murdered the two victims.
UNCONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT IN ACCRA CREATES POWER, WATER PROBLEMS
A fight by two men over the ownership of mushroom (domo) has resulted in the death of one of them, while the other is in critical condition at the Oda Government Hospital.
FIGHT OVER MUSHROOM TURNS FATAL
Accra’s water and electricity challenges will not see an end soon unless the city’s uncontrolled expansion is checked.
I KILLED AMERICANS
One of the sic persons arrested in connection with the murder of two African Americans at Fihankra near Akwamufie in the Eastern Region has confessed to the crime.
NPP ORGANISER BEATEN IN BOLGATANGA
Daily guide has gathered that but for the timely intervention of the Bolgatanga police, the Upper east Regional Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jerry Asamani, would have been beaten to a pulp by some angry activists and supporters yesterday.
Ȼ10,000 GIFT ANGERS MPS
Some members of the Parliament led by the majority chief whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, yesterday vented their spleen on a section of the parliament press corps.
PRESIDENT FIRES HEAD OF NATIONAL SERVICE BOARD
President John Mahama has fired the board chairperson of the National Service Scheme (NSS) Gifty Birira Mahama, over her alleged opposition to attempts by the acting Executive Director of the scheme, Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, to clean up the scheme’s payroll and eliminate other acts of official impropriety at its office countrywide.
TRANSPORT UNIONS, TRADERS DECLARE WAR ON KUMAI MAYOR
Traders and transport unions at the Kejetia Bus Terminal in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region are up in arms against the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) over an ongoing registration exercise.
LONELY AGRIC AS MORE PEOPLE ABANDON SECTOR
Agriculture is fast losing its image as the backbone of the economy, as many rural folks are abandoning the sector for trading and hospitality jobs in the cities.
WAMPAH TAKING NO CHANCES
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is digging deep into its policy armoury to take a shot at inflation, which for the third consecutive month increased albeit marginally from 16.6 percent in March to 16.8 percent in April.
IGNORE TRANSPORT AT YOUR OWN PERIL
Transport improvements are required to connect markets in order to boost mobility and help modernize Ghana’s urban economies, the World Bank as suggested to government in a recent report.
CELEBRATING FAMILY DAY: THE STORY OF SOS GHANA
Ajoda (not his real name) lost his parents through a motor accident. All hope was lost for him because he was lost for him because he was the only child of his parents and no family member was willing to take care of him. They had enough burden on them.
BLACK TO WHITE TO BLACK
Many women are parading out communities with disfigured faces due to excessive bleaching.
BEST-KEPT SECRETS OF A REV. FATHER
People know him like they know their palms. His name is so popular you hardly would find any Ghanaian who would scratch his or her head before remembering who you are talking about.
CPP, PNC MERGER; THE COUP AHEAD
Like a couple who can’t agree on a date for their marriage, Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) – two parties professing the ideals of the late Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah – are laboring to agree terms that would lead to their much anticipated merger.

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TODAY'S HEADLINES 14/05/2015

NDUOM LASHES AT EC FOR NOT CALLING POLITICAL PARTIES TO ORDER
The 2012 presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PP), Papa Kwesi Nduom, has criticised the Electoral Commission (EC) for not fully carrying out its constitutional mandate.
PRESIDENT INAUGURATES NDC WORKING COMMITTEES
President John Dramani Mahama has called on members of the working committees of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to bring their talents to bear on the work of the party to make it successful in the 2016 Elections and beyond.
TWO CHILDREN TRAPPED IN VEHICLE BURIED
There was shedding of tears and wailing at
Meduma in the Kwabre East District in the Ashanti Region yesterday during the burial of two siblings who were trapped in a stationary car last Sunday.
ADB PAYS Ȼ5.6M AS RENT
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) is in the midst of a storm over the payment of a Ȼ5.6 million six-month rent advance, which is about a monthly rent of Ȼ1 million, including furnishing, for an office space at the New Accra Financial Centre (AFC).
JOBS FOR NDC BOYS – SPIO LEADS TEAM
As the failing economy hits Ghanaians hard, with its attendant increase in the rate of unemployment, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is creating a job avenue for its teeming supporters.
ADA SPEAKS AT LAST
The controversial YFM presenter, Adaeze Onyinyechie Ayoka aka Princess Ada, who has been on admission at the Police Hospital after incriminating herself by staging her own kidnapping and gang rapping, has finally given out her statement to the police.
CHILD PROSTITUTES INVADE CAPE COAST
Child prostitution is booming in the Cape Coast metropolis, the Central Regional Minister, Aquinas Tawiah Quansah has stated, and also called for concerted efforts to address the problem.
JUDGE WARNS DR GABASS LAWYERS
The presiding judge of an Accra Circuit Court, Mrs Rita Agyemang-Budu, yesterday told lawyers for Dr. Ali Sulley Gabass, a medical practitioner at the Effia-Nkwanta Government Hospital, alleged to have sodomised a 16-year-old boy, that she would not tolerate any lackadaisical attitude which would drag proceedings.
EU THREATEN TO BAN GHANA’S CEREALS
Ghana is to face a ban from exporting commodities like groundnuts, peanuts butter and cereal products to the European marker it if is unable to reduce the level of aflatoxin contamination in such commodities.
PARTNERS RELEASE FUNDS
Ghana’s economic fortunes look bright in the medium to long term as its donors and development partners have commenced financial support, hitherto with held due to the country’s fiscal slippages and economic downturn.
91-DAY T-BILL TO END YEAR AT 27.50%
Investment bank, Investcorp is predicting that Ghana’s 91-day Treasury bill could end the year with a yield of 27.50 percent.

TODAY'S HEADLINES 13/05/2015

RADIO PRESENTER TO FACE COURT FOR DECEIT OF PUBLIC
The YFM presenter, Adaeze Onyinyechie Ayoka, who recently hit local headlines with what the police later described as a cooked kidnapping and s*xual assault encounter is to be charged with deceit of the public.
HEAD OF MURDERED WOMAN FOUND
The severed head of the 26-year-old woman who was murdered in cold blood at Nsuaem Number Two in the Bosome Freho District in the Ashanti Region last Saturday has been found by the police.
KEEA ASSEMBLY COMMON FUND FROZEN
The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly is currently faced with serious liquidity problems as a result of an embargo placed on its share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) by the Accra Human Rights Court.
MAHAMA NOMINATES APAU, PWAMANG FOR SUPREME COURT
The President John Mahama, has nominated Mr Justice Yaw Apau, a justice of the Court of Appeal and Mr Gabriel Scott Pwamang, a private legal practitioner, to the Supreme Court.
PANIC GRIPS TOP GHANAIAN POLITICIANS AS DUBAI BANK FREEZE ACCOUNTS OF NIGERIAN POLITICIANS
Information reaching the New Statesman indicates that panic has gripped some top politicians in Ghana who have allegedly stashed tens of millions of dollars in accounts at banks in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
PPP: MAHAMA’S GOVERNMENT WORST IN GHANA’S HISTORY
The Progressive People’s Party has taken a serious swipe at President John Mahama, describing his National Democratic Congress government as the worst in the country’s history.
BOG TIGHTENS REGULATIONS
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has served notice to financial institutions of planned activities to cleanse the sector of errant firms that have failed to abide by regulations in the banking sector, in a clear sigh=n the authorities have adopted a hands-on approach.
ILLEGAL MINING POSES THREAT TO BUI DAM
The Bui Power Authority (BPA) has expressed concern that the continuous activities of illegal mining within its acquired land area poses a significant threat to the operations of the Bui Hydroelectric dam, which could affect power generation.
BACK PROMISE TO END ‘DUMSOR’ WITH ACTION – LABOUR
The Maritime and Dockworkers uNion (MDU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on government to support the incessant promises to tackle the erratic power situation with extensive investment in the energy sector.